tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134611249290839644.post5411461360505457465..comments2015-08-02T06:45:17.238-06:00Comments on Have You Seen My Roots?: This Post is Brought to You by the Letter "Q"Cherylnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134611249290839644.post-13623571353492253952012-03-30T01:02:28.622-06:002012-03-30T01:02:28.622-06:00Hear, hear, Cheryl! I used to be quite proud of m...Hear, hear, Cheryl! I used to be quite proud of my handwriting, but with most communication done via a keyboard now, my skills have gone downhill. It takes a bit more concentration to hand write a neat letter than it used to. I can type a letter a lot more quickly. If you don&#39;t use it, you lose it. Mary is beautiful :-)Jo Grahamhttp://www.imagespast.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134611249290839644.post-49435860326148155712012-03-26T07:43:45.093-06:002012-03-26T07:43:45.093-06:00My eldest child learned cursive and can still use ...My eldest child learned cursive and can still use it, but my second and third children, who also learned it, cannot use it. <br /><br />On the flip side, just picked up a copy of a probate record from 1870s. It is so poorly written in cursive as to be practically indecipherable. It is going to take me ages and some educated &#39;guesses&#39; to transcribe it. It would have been better if it had been printed, maybe...<br /><br />Even though cursive was learned by many generations, it doesn&#39;t always mean that it was done well. I suspect that current and future generations will have to use a book similar to &#39;Reading Early American Handwriting&#39; perhaps titled &#39;Reading 20th Century Cursive&quot;. <br /><br />Great post Cheryl! I had the same experience learning to write Russian and have always been told the same thing about Hebrew, ie no one prints.Jennifer Shoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080992117190219898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134611249290839644.post-87504917178430434012012-03-24T21:34:13.342-06:002012-03-24T21:34:13.342-06:00Cheryl, Cheryl, Cheryl! I, too, lament the &quot;...Cheryl, Cheryl, Cheryl! I, too, lament the &quot;end&quot; of cursive as we know it. Another wonderful post! Thanks!Jenny Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342746793201329515noreply@blogger.com